Ind. Code § 27-8-4-2
Citation; scope; definitions
Indiana · Indiana Code Title 27 — Insurance · Status: effective
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Sec. 2.
(a) Citation and Scope:
(1) This chapter may be cited as the Model Act for the Regulation of Credit Life Insurance and Credit Accident and Health Insurance.
(2) All life insurance and all accident and health insurance of the nature in this chapter defined in connection with loans or other credit transactions shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter, except such insurance issued in relation to an isolated transaction on the part of the insurer not related to an agreement or a plan for insuring debtors of the creditor.
(b) Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter:
(1) "Credit life insurance" means insurance on the life of a debtor pursuant to or in connection with a specific loan or other credit transaction.
(2) "Credit accident and health insurance" means insurance on a debtor to provide funds for payments becoming due on a specific loan or other credit transaction while the debtor is disabled as defined in the policy.
(3) "Creditor" means the lender of money or vendor or lessor of goods, services, property, rights, or privileges, for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction, or any successor to the right, title, or interest of any such lender, vendor, or lessor, and any affiliate, associate, or subsidiary of any of them or any director, officer, or employee of any of them or any other person in any way associated with any of them.
(4) "Debtor" means a borrower of money or a purchaser or lessee of goods, services, property, rights, or privileges for which payment is arranged through a credit transaction. The term includes the following:
(A) A joint debtor.
(B) A co-maker.
(C) An endorser.
(D) A guarantor.
(5) "Indebtedness" means the total amount payable by a debtor to a creditor in connection with a loan or other credit transaction.
(6) "Commissioner" means insurance commissioner of Indiana.
(7) The term "accident and health insurance" has the same meaning as "accident and sickness insurance" sometimes used in other statutes relating to insurance against accident and sickness.